Aug

27

How An Alcoholic ‘Christian’ Came to Terms With His Gayness

Filed Under Books & Mags, Fashion, Religion 

A ‘Christian’ Alcoholic Comes to Terms With His Gayness by Becoming an International Fashion Model in the Newly Released Memoir ‘Falling Off the Catwalk‘…

Falling Off The CatwalkLOS ANGELES, CA (PRNewswire) — In the mid 90s Robert has a seemingly ideal life: a secure corporate job, a string of pretty girlfriends, and a condo in a SoCal beach town. Conflict between his outward success and inner turmoil prompted him, at 29, to run away to Europe. Set during a slip from sobriety that eventually becomes an eight-year fall, Falling Off the Catwalk recounts a year and a half of global debauchery: sex with girls, sex with boys, acid trips and absinthe in Tokyo. All of this against a backdrop of runway shows for Hugo Boss and Fendi, appearances in GQ and French Cosmopolitan, partying with models in Milan, clubbing in Paris and Madrid.

As an “out” and sober (long-term AA recovery) author, Robert knows he is not alone in facing these trials: many face identity crisis, internalized homophobia, addiction, alcoholism, and fears resulting from religiosity and our obsession with outward appearance. “We tend to live in false constructs that prevent us from coming to terms with our true selves,” says Robert. “I don’t believe we can continue to abuse ourselves with denial during this time in our history. We must take action and move forward by living our passion as healthy, self-empowered individuals, and communities.”

About the Author:

Robert Reincke, MBA worked as an international fashion model for five years in the mid-nineties. He hit his alcoholic “bottom” in 2001. In writing “Falling Off the Catwalk,” Robert overcame memory loss and revolutionized the contemporary memoir by developing the narrative based upon primary sources — extensive journals, correspondences, photos, audio tapes, and video tapes, some of which have been edited for YouTube and found online at www.spunkybooks.com.

Robert is a proud member of the new wave of independent publishers. He lives in West Hollywood with his long-term boyfriend and cat. His first book “Death of a Past Life” recounts the story of Robert’s once-elite Russian family’s horrific travails from the Russian Revolution, through Berlin in WWII, and to impoverished immigration to Ellis Island in 1949. “Death of a Past Life” was published last year and will be re-released in October.

Source: Spunky Books

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